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The 100 AM Daiso store in Singapore first opened in February 2018 and was one of 33 outlets around the island, and will be closing on January 4, 2026. — Social media screengrabs from 100ammall and DAISO Singapore
Singapore  / 18 h ago

Singapore shoppers lose another Japanese store as Daiso to close 100 AM outlet

File picture of the Federal Highway, October 14, 2020 heading towards Kuala Lumpur. Works Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi said the decision was taken as the proposal to upgrade the 34.59-kilometre stretch of FT2 from Kuala Lumpur to Port Klang is no longer economically viable, due to the high costs of land and asset acquisition, as well as the potential social impact should the project proceed. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

No upgrade for Federal Highway from KL-Port Klang: Govt flags sky-high costs, social impact

A general view shows the exterior of the Seri Negara in Kuala Lumpur on December 15, 2025. — Picture by Yusof Isa
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

A symbol reborn: Historic Seri Negara reopens to public on Dec 20 after meticulous restoration

Lawyer Rajesh Nagarajan and Arun Dorasamy with the families of the victims of the Durian Tunggal police shooting giving a press conference and revealing newly obtained critical evidence in relation to the killing of the three victims at Lawyers for Liberty in Petaling Jaya, December 15, 2025. — Picture by Choo Choy May
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Durian Tunggal shooting: Lawyers demand Melaka police chief be placed on garden leave after whistleblower challenges police timeline

Group managing director Datuk Captain Izham Ismail said the strong results achieved over the past five years have positioned MAG to pursue bolder ambitions. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Money  / 14 h ago

Malaysia Aviation Group unveils five-year plan to push Malaysia Airlines into Skytrax Top 10 by 2030

The Inland Revenue Board has completed tax refund payments amounting to RM14.55 billion involving 3.47 million cases as of November 30, said Deputy Finance Minister Lim Hui Ying. — Picture by Hari Anggara
Malaysia  / 13 h ago

IRB disburses RM14.55b in tax refunds to 3.47 million taxpayers, says deputy finance minister

Mourners gather by floral tributes at the Bondi Pavillion in memory of the victims of a shooting at Bondi Beach, in Sydney on December 15, 2025. — AFP pic
Life  / 17 h ago

Misinformation spreads after Bondi attack as Sydney Christmas fireworks falsely tied to ‘Islamists’

The Malaysian Meteorological Department today issued a warning of continuous rain that is expected to hit several states until this Thursday. — Picture by Farhan Najib
Malaysia  / 12 h ago

MetMalaysia warns of continuous heavy rain in several states until Thursday

The state-owned airline assured travellers that ticket prices remain the same as those previously charged by MASwings. — Picture from AirBorneo website via The Borneo Post
Malaysia  / 15 h ago

AirBorneo denies raising ticket prices, previous MAswings airfares maintained

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim greets a guest during the launching of late S.M Mohamed Idris’s book at the International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on December 15, 2025. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Anwar says Asean foreign ministers’ meeting postponed as Thai-Cambodia conflict deepens

A still shows a pillion rider on a motorcycle shooting at a person outside a petrol station in Klang.
Malaysia  / 16 h ago

Selangor police probe gang links after spate of Klang shootings

Luck did not favour former world champion Natasha Mohamed Roslan as she failed to win the women’s singles gold in bowling at the 2025 South East Asian (SEA) Games here today. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 13 h ago

Bowling queen Natasha Roslan edged out, aims redemption in doubles and team events

People react in front of a flower tribute near Bondi Pavilion following a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney December 15, 2025. — Reuters pic
World  / 11 h ago

What we know about the shooting victims at Sydney’s Bondi Beach Jewish event

A man pleaded not guilty at the Magistrate’s Court here today to a charge of dangerous driving and causing the death of a married couple last week. — Reuters pic
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

Mercedes-Benz driver pleads not guilty to dangerous driving that killed married couple in Bentong

Subang MP Wong Chen today said the Subang Jaya City Council has agreed to fund an independent Traffic Impact Assessment for the proposed Persiaran Lagoon Selatan–Kelana Link flyover in SS14. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 12 h ago

Wong Chen: MBSJ agrees to independent traffic study on Persiaran Lagoon Selatan–Kelana Link flyover

This image combination, created on June 21, 2025, shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) in Washington on April 7, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (centre) in Tehran on March 20, and US President Donald Trump (right) also in Washington on April 7. — AFP pic
World / 22 Jun 2025

How the US hit Iran’s nuclear facilities — and what comes next

A satellite image from Maxar Technologies taken on November 4, 2020, shows Iran’s Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant near Qom — one of three nuclear sites targeted in what Donald Trump on June 21, 2025, called a ‘very successful attack’ by the US military. — AFP pic
World / 22 Jun 2025

Inside Iran’s nuclear network: Key sites and their roles

Protestors hold a sign reading ‘Stop genocide in Gaza, Free Palestine’ during a demonstration on the sideline of the 55th edition of the International Paris Air Show at the Paris’s Bourget Airport, in Bobigny, June 21, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 22 Jun 2025

Thousands march in Europe demanding Gaza ceasefire, decrying Israel-Iran escalation

Former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil reacts as he arrives to Newark airport in Newark, New Jersey, June 21, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 22 Jun 2025

‘Even if they kill me’: Freed Columbia protest leader Mahmoud Khalil vows to keep speaking out for Palestine

A US Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber performs a fly-over during the Speed of Sound Airshow, at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base in St. Joseph, Missouri, US, on September 14, 2024. — Reuters pic
World / 22 Jun 2025

US forces strike Iran nuclear sites, Trump says ‘Fordow is gone’

A military police officer stands next to the wreckage of a hot air balloon that caught fire and crashed with 21 people on board in Praia Grande, Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil, June 21, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 22 Jun 2025

Hot-air balloon inferno over Brazil tourist town Praia Grande kills eight

A US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer throws a Stinger CS rubber ball grenade at community members pushing back against a raid attempt on a store in Bell, just south of Los Angeles, California, June 20, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 22 Jun 2025

US immigration crackdown: Are masked ICE agents creating a ‘secret police’ in America?

Rocket trails are seen in the sky above the Israeli coastal city of Netanya amid a fresh barrage of Iranian missile attacks on June 21, 2025. — AFP pic
World / 21 Jun 2025

On the brink: Can international talks halt the escalating Israel-Iran conflict?

Speaking at an event attended by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and parliamentary delegations from 68 countries, Pope Leo revisited a topic that he has raised on a number of occasions during the first few weeks of his papacy. — Vatican Media handout
World / 21 Jun 2025

Pope Leo warns politicians of the challenges posed by AI

Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra walks with Second Army Region Commander Lieutenant General Boonsin Padklang, as she arrives in Ubon Ratchathani, following a leak on Wednesday of a phone call between Paetongtarn and Cambodia's former Prime Minister Hun Sen, amid a border dispute between the two countries, in Ubon Ratchathani province, Thailand, June 20, 2025. — Government House of Thailand handout via Reuters
World / 21 Jun 2025

Thai PM ‘will continue to perform her duty’, is not resigning or dissolving parliament, ruling party official says

US President Donald Trump has complained that he would never win the Nobel Peace Prize 'no matter what I do.
World / 21 Jun 2025

Pakistan to nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize, calls him a ‘genuine peacemaker’ with ‘stellar statesmanship’

Seawater is pumped out of the wreckage of the ‘Bayesian’ yacht, owned by the late British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, as it is recovered by the floating crane ships Hebo Lift 10 and Hebo Lift 2 off the coast of Porticello, near Palermo, Sicily, Italy June 21, 2025.
World / 21 Jun 2025

Sunken superyacht Bayesian raised from sea 10 months after drowning of tech tycoon Mike Lynch, daughter

People walk next to a cultivated land on the dry riverbed of the Indus River in Hyderabad, Pakistan April 25, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 21 Jun 2025

India says Indus treaty with Pakistan ‘will never be restored’, vows to divert river flow

This picture provided by the West Asia News Agency (Wana) shows smoke rising following an Israeli attack in Tehran, Iran June 18, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 21 Jun 2025

Israel claims killing of Iranian commander who allegedly helped fund, arm Hamas

Emergency personnel work at an impact site following Iran's missile strike on Israel, amid the Iran-Israel conflict, in Haifa, Israel June 20, 2025. — Reuters
World / 21 Jun 2025

Israel says it delayed Iran’s nuclear bomb by two years after week of strikes

This file photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba giving his opening speech at the beginning of a meeting with US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at his office in Tokyo March 30, 2025. — Reuters pic
World / 21 Jun 2025

Japan scraps US meeting after Washington demands more defence spending